How to remove write protection on pen drive

1. Enter "cmd" in the Start menu. To access the command line in Windows, open the Start menu and type cmd in the search field. Press Enter, and a command window should pop up.
   • The command line does not use your cursor. Just type, and use "delete" or the arrow keys on your keyboard to move back to correct a mistake.
2. Enter "diskpart" in the new window. In the command line window, type diskpart and press Enter. This will give you access to the diskpart utility inside this same command line window.
3. Enter "list disk." Type list disk and hit Enter. This will list all disks accessible on your computer, include the USB Drive or memory card. If you don't know which drive listed is the write-protected device, find the icon of the device in your My Computer folder and note its name before you continue.
   • You can also identify the device by ejecting it, typing "list disk" again, and seeing which disk disappeared.
   • If your device does not appear, try "list volume" instead. In this case, you'll need to replace the commands below with "volume" wherever they use "disk."
4. Select the disk. Once you're sure which disk is yours, type select disk X, replacing X with the number of the disk. (For example, type select disk 2 if disk 2 is the write-protected device.)
   
5. Type "attributes disk clear readonly" and press enter. The command attributes disk clear readonly should remove any write protection on the disk if it exists.
   

   • Type the command exactly as shown. "readonly" is one word.
   • If this still doesn't work, try adjusting the registry using the instructions below.
6. Exit disk utility. Type exit and press Enter to quit disk utility.